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Batton was a director of the Webster Parish Free Fair Board, since the Bossier/Webster Fair and Forest Festival.<ref>"Webster Parish, La., Picks New Directors of Free Fair", ''The Billboard'', February 19, 1949, p. 53.</ref>

Batton was a director of the Webster Parish Free Fair Board, since the Bossier/Webster Fair and Forest Festival.<ref>"Webster Parish, La., Picks New Directors of Free Fair", ''The Billboard'', February 19, 1949, p. 53.</ref>

In November 1990, Batton was shot and hospitalized in a holdup attempt at his grocery store. An eighteen-year-old male from [[]], [[Oklahoma]], who was visiting Minden during the [[Thanksgiving Day]] holidays, shot the former mayor when Batton hesitated to turn over money demanded by the culprit.<ref>"Former mayor shot during holdup try. Batton reportedly in stable condition at local hospital", ''Minden Press-Herald'', November 27, 1990, p. 1.</ref>

In November 1990, Batton was shot and hospitalized in a holdup attempt at his grocery store. An eighteen-year-old male from [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], who was visiting Minden during the [[Thanksgiving Day]] holidays, shot the former mayor when Batton hesitated to turn over money demanded by the culprit.<ref>"Former mayor shot during holdup try. Batton reportedly in stable condition at local hospital", ''Minden Press-Herald'', November 27, 1990, p. 1.</ref>

Batton was a member of the Masonic lodge and the First [[United Methodist]] Church of Minden.<ref name=obit/> He died in 1996 at the age of eighty-two and is interred in the Batton/Shurtleff family plot in Section C of the historic Minden Cemetery]].

Batton was a member of the Masonic lodge and the First [[United Methodist]] Church of Minden.<ref name=obit/> He died in 1996 at the age of eighty-two and is interred in the Batton/Shurtleff family plot in Section C of the historic Minden Cemetery]].

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